1961 IAAF World Race Walking Cup

1961 IAAF World Race Walking Cup
Organisers	IAAF
Edition	1st
Date	14–16 July
Host city	Lugano, Ticino, Switzerland
Nations participating	4
Athletes participating	24
Races	2
1963 Varese →

The 1961 IAAF World Race Walking Cup was held in Lugano, Ticino, Switzerland, on October 15–16, 1961. The event was also known as Lugano Trophy.

Complete results were published.^[1]

Medallists

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men
20 km walk	Ken Matthews (GBR)	1:30:55	Lennart Back (SWE)	1:32:12	George Williams (GBR)	1:34:02
50 km walk	Abdon Pamich (ITA)	4:25:38	Don Thompson (GBR)	4:30:35	Åke Söderlund (SWE)	4:36:48
Men (Team)
Team	United Kingdom	53 pts	Sweden	53 pts	Italy	28 pts

Results

Men's 20 km

Place	Athlete	Time
01 !	Ken Matthews GBR	1:30:55
02 !	Lennart Back SWE	1:32:12
03 !	George Williams GBR	1:34:02
4	John Ljunggren SWE	1:34:22
5	Erik Söderlund SWE	1:35:17
6	Tibor Balajcza HUN	1:36:17
7	Bob Clark GBR	1:36:52
8	Giuseppe Dordoni ITA	1:37:17
9	Antal Kiss HUN	1:37:39
10	István Göri HUN	1:39:06
11	Gianni Corsaro ITA	1:42:46
—	Stefano Serchinich ITA	DNF

Men's 50 km

Place	Athlete	Time
01 !	Abdon Pamich ITA	4:25:38
02 !	Don Thompson GBR	4:30:35
03 !	Åke Söderlund SWE	4:36:48
4	Raymond Middleton GBR	4:39:24
5	Ingvar Green SWE	4:42:27
6	Evert Leonardsson SWE	4:43:25
7	István Havasi HUN	4:46:59
8	Luigi De Rosso ITA	4:49:22
9	Charley Fogg GBR	4:49:22
10	Antonio De Gaetano ITA	5:05:02
11	Géza Szabó HUN	5:12:57
12	Béla Dinesz HUN	5:13:03

Team

Place	Country	Points
01 !	United Kingdom	53 pts
02 !	Sweden	53 pts
03 !	Italy	28 pts
4	Hungary	23 pts

Participation

Hungary (6)
Italy (6)

Sweden (6)

United Kingdom (6)

Qualifying Rounds

From 1961 to 1985 there were qualifying rounds with the winners proceeding to the final.

Countries qualifying for the final are highlighted in green

Zone 1

London, United Kingdom, August 12

Rank	Nation	Points
1	United Kingdom	41 pts
2	Germany^†	39 pts
3	Belgium	12 pts

^†: Combined East and West German Team.

Zone 2

København, Denmark, August 26/27

Rank	Nation	Points
1	Sweden	50 pts
2	Denmark	23 pts
3	Norway	18 pts

Zone 3

Spoleto, Italy, September 3

Rank	Nation	Points
1	Italy	48 pts
2	France	27 pts
3	Switzerland	17 pts

Zone 4

Cancelled

Rank	Nation	Points
1	Hungary
2	Turkey	DNS

References

↑ IAAF WORLD RACE WALKING CUP - SARANSK 2012 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved July 29, 2013

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